The Nun, from the Dance of Death, 1651, Etching; second state of four, Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.5 × 5.5 cm), Prints, After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London), A young nun is kneeling before an altar in a bedroom but she looks around at a young man seated on the bed playing a lute. Death reaches toward the altar to extinguish the candle flame.
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Nun, Dance, Death, 1651, Etching, second state, four, Sheet, 2 15/16, 3/16, 7.5, 5.5 cm, Prints, After Hans Holbein the Younger, German, Augsburg, 1497/98–1543, London, young, nun, kneeling, altar, bedroom, looks, young man, seated, bed playing, lute, Death reaches, extinguish, candle flame
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